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Craig Zuhlke (left), George Gogos (back), and Graham Kaufman pose with the now active Leybold ultra-high vacuum laser surface processing and materials analysis system in the Engineering Research Center. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Engineering center's new laser to facilitate manufacturing method of the future
Luke Farritor, a senior majoring in computer science in the Raikes School, is shown with superimposed Greek text from a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll that his work helping to decipher. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Computer science student Farritor is first to decode word on ancient scroll
Brittany Duncan (left) and Marc Maguire were honored with 2023 Innovator Awards at the annual NUtech Venures Innovator Celebration on Nov. 6. Duncan, Maguire honored with NUtech 2023 Innovator Awards
Dung Hoang Tran is developing a verification tool that will make autonomous vehicles safer and smarter. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Tran's verification tool to make autonomous vehicles safer and smarter
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Tirthankar Roy, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is part of National Drought Mitigation Center team researching the relationship between civil unrest and weather/climate. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
July 12, 2022 - Tirthankar Roy is part on a team of National Drought Mitigation Center researchers working on a $1 million grant from U.S. Air Force Weather to study links between weather/climate and civil unrest.  Full Story

School of Computing faculty Leen-Kiat Soh (left) and Brittany Duncan (right) join Wendy Smith and Mindi Searls on a team of Husker reserachers spearheading a new five-year, $3 million project funded by the National Science Foundation.
July 05, 2022 - School of Computing faculty Leen-Kiat Soh and Brittany Duncan are part of a University of Nebraska–Lincoln team that is leading a 22-institution research collaboration aimed at smoothing the transitions of students at 2-year colleges to 4-year colleges.  Full Story

Deconstructed parts of a Tesla Model, photo provided by Caresoft images.
June 22, 2022 - The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility is the recipient of a significant data donation from Caresoft Global, a vehicle data benchmarking organization that is offering a database of detailed data for electric vehicles to further roadside safety research.  Full Story

Benjamin Riggan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is part of WatchID — a team of researchers from across the country participating in a competitive federal government research program to develop software systems capable of performing whole-body biometric identification from long distances and at elevated pitch angles. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
June 21, 2022 - Benjamin Riggan and the WatchID team of researchers from across the U.S. are working in a competitive federal research grant program to develop software systems for whole-body biometric identification.  Full Story

Wei Bao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
June 20, 2022 - Researchers, including Nebraska Engineering's Wei Bao and his team, have developed a new photonics device that could get scientists closer to the "holy grail" of quantum materials - finding the global minimum of mathematical formulas at room temperature.  Full Story

Conceived by faculty and developed by undergraduate students, Prairie Protector is helping high schoolers learn about the invasive eastern redcedar tree — by giving them a chance to eradicate it from digital grasslands.
June 15, 2022 - Prairie Protector – a computer game conceived by University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty and developed by Husker undergrads – is spreading the word about redcedar, an invader that is endangering native plant and animal species, the livelihoods of ranchers,  Full Story

Thirty-six students from the College of Engineering are among the 175 University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students awarded stipends from the university to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.
May 23, 2022 - Thirty-six students from the College of Engineering are among the 175 University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students awarded stipends from the university to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.  Full Story

Tian Zhang, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been chosen for inclusion in 2022 class of ASCE Distinguished Members.
May 13, 2022 - Tian Zhang, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Distinguished Member, the association's highest honor.  Full Story

Nicole Iverson, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, has received a five-year, $550,000 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to develop ways to use carbon nanotubes as sensors that can help in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as diabetes and myriad forms of cancer. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
April 27, 2022 - Nicole Iverson has received a five-year, $550,000 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to develop ways to use carbon nanotubes as sensors that can help in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as diabetes and myriad forms of cancer.  Full Story

Ronald Faller (left), Willa Cather research professor at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, and Leen-Kiat Soh, Charles Bessey professor in the School of Computing.
April 26, 2022 - Two faculty from the College of Engineering - Ronald Faller and Leen-Kiat Soh - were chosen as Willa Cather/Charles Bessey professors by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.  Full Story

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